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The attacks on DEI are a pretext for a much more radical agenda of reversing the gains of the civil rights movement, an objective the Trump administration is pursuing with zeal. A Great Resegregation. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 7 hours ago • 85 comments

“For all the big talk about putting an end to “social engineering,” the Great Resegregation is itself a radical attempt to socially engineer America to be poorer, whiter, less equal, and less democratic.”

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"I always hesitate to bring my political beliefs into this space. I don’t think my listeners would expect that from me and some of you will find it disappointing: not what you were looking for... " [1 of 2]

submitted 1 day ago • 56 comments

$5k rebates? 👎 Is there waste in government spending?Sure, but it’s probably less than the food the average person tosses when they clean their refrigerator.

submitted 3 hours ago • 4 comments

🚨BREAKING: @democracyforward.org sues on behalf of unions, retirees to block access to personal and sensitive data at SSA. This case comes after SSA commissioner stepped down due to concerns about DOGE accessing data. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

submitted 4 hours ago • 151 comments

General CQ Brown is a patriot and hero. Firing him makes America less safe, but it will help bring about a Golden Age. For Putin.

submitted 3 hours ago • 891 comments

J.D. Vance and Elon Musk’s efforts to help the AfD party win the German election goes beyond trolling liberals, writes Peter Wehner. “They see in the AfD an undiluted version of MAGA.”

submitted 6 hours ago • 23 comments

Gov. Janet Mills and Bishop Mariann Budde walking into a bar. And Donald Trump immediately shits his pants ... #StrongWomen #StatesRights #ReligiousFreedom #StayStrong

submitted 1 day ago • 68 comments

Gov. Mills of Maine reminds us how to stand up to bullies.

submitted 22 hours ago • 22 comments

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

submitted 9 hours ago • 1108 comments

This is a hopeful perspective, and also a very necessary one. The more people see angry citizens, public refusals to comply or to kneel, and public servants speaking about their loyalty to the Constitution, the more fragile the Trump coalition will be, and the more isolated the Musk clique will be

submitted 8 hours ago • 5 comments

The only way they win is if we give up. Don’t give up.

submitted 9 hours ago • 7 comments

Since I’ve been getting this a lot - if you feel like supporting me by buying a jersey or something, I would rather you make a donation to Trans Lifeline or The Trevor Project www.thetrevorproject.org

submitted 21 hours ago • 249 comments

FOLLOWUP: SECDEF Hegseth also firing the CNO, the USAF Vice-Chief, and somewhat unusually and ominously to do in the same breath, the senior JAGs of the Army, Navy, and USAF

submitted 21 hours ago • 97 comments

This is very, very bad. Am working on a write-up, but let’s just say that firing military leaders for blatantly political reasons is wildly inappropriate; firing all the too lawyers is ominous; firing them all at the same time is a terrifying five-alarm fire

submitted 21 hours ago • 113 comments

Trump is planning on writing another executive order to take control of USPS! He is going to fire the Board of Directors! Another criminal act by the Felon and Chief! Is he trying to abolish mail in voting? #MarkCarney4PM #NeverPierrePoilievre #USDemocracy apple.news/AtE3C2ALuRHi...

submitted 1 day ago • 33 comments

Raskin: "It's becoming obvious to the American people that Elon Musk and Donald Trump are not opponents of corruption, they are agents of corruption."

submitted 1 day ago • 180 comments

Show's up! Featuring @willoremus.com, @beccalew.bsky.social, and @elysegraham.bsky.social: 📻 🎧 ▶️

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

I maintain the Citizens United will be remembered as one of the top three worst decisions of the Roberts Court

submitted 1 day ago • 16 comments

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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So the President has abruptly fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Charles Q. Brown Jr., and is replacing him with a retired three star general, Dan Caine. This portends a future grave crisis as the President attempts to restructure the military into one personally loyal to him.

submitted 21 hours ago • 133 comments

The Pentagon will fire 5,400 civilian workers next week.

submitted 23 hours ago • 496 comments

This is quite significant in many ways: the overt thuggery, Trump’s barely suppressed fury at being contradicted by a woman, the governor’s standing up, the total abandonment of the pretense of federalism, the continuing use of trans Americans the way Hitler used Jews.

submitted 1 day ago • 248 comments

It’s a cult.

submitted 21 hours ago • 3238 comments

Nicely done, Gov. Mills. This is how you stand up to a bully.

submitted 1 day ago • 66 comments

“We’ll see you in court.” Gov. Janet Mills is a badass for this.

submitted 1 day ago • 173 comments

Another scoop from @peard33.bsky.social: DOGE installed Tom Krause at the Treasury Department. He's keeping his job as the CEO of a software company that has millions of dollars in federal contracts, including with the Treasury Department www.wired.com/story/krause...

submitted 1 day ago • 18 comments

Don't cut my Medicaid

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

So the market took a hit today! Economy is in a nose dive because that’s what happens with hundreds of thousands of people losing their jobs, unstable market from inflation, and tariffs, and the village idiot that doesn’t know a thing about economics or public policy!

submitted 22 hours ago • 13 comments

After sending over 400 ICE agents to Denver and Aurora, CO, and knocking on hundreds of Americans' doors, ICE made only one arrest. Now, Trump has removed the Acting ICE Director, Caleb Vitello. (WaPo)

submitted 23 hours ago • 204 comments

After all his claims about free speech, Trump tried to turn the entire government into a vast censorship machine

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory A new study projects as many as 20 million people could lose Medicaid coverage under a Republican congressional bill to cut the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion match rate. #DontCutMyMedicaid www.alternet.org/medicaid-cut...

submitted 1 day ago • 29 comments

Former KGB spy breaks cover to reveal Donald Trump was recruited as a Russian spy 38 years ago. Byline Times was subjected to a DDOS attack to prevent this story being published. bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...

submitted 22 hours ago • 42 comments

As suspected, Gitmo was all for show and an incredible waste of taxpayer dollars.

submitted 1 day ago • 141 comments

White House: I DIDN’T GET WRECKED YOU GOT WRECKED

submitted 23 hours ago • 282 comments